Table 2. Group mean of digital analysis of immunohistochemical staining reveals increased apoptosis, proliferation, and acinar cell stress in areas of exenatide injury.
12 weeks treatment | TUNEL1 | Ki-671 | Reg3γ2 |
Saline | 3.0±1.0 | 11.0±6.0 | 2227±1501 |
High dose exenatide | 10.0±5.0* | 50.0±10.0* | 9858±2985* |
1 = expressed in cells per millimeter squared; 2 = expressed in positive pixels per millimeter squared; * = significant at p<0.01; staining described in methods.